Question

【题目】

On average, American kids ages 3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in school, eight hours more than they did in 1981. They also did more household work and participated in more of such 【1】 activities as soccer and ballet. Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50% from 1981 to 1997: boys now spend an average of four hours a week playing sports; girls log half that time. All in all, however, children’s leisure time 【2】 from 40% of the day in 1981 to 25%.

“Children are affected by the same time crisis that affects their parents,” says Sandra Hofferth, who 【3】 the recent study of children’s timetable. A(n) 【4】 reason, she says, is that more mothers are working outside the home. Nevertheless, children in both double-income and “male bread winner” households spent 【5】 amounts of time interacting with their parents, 19 hours and 22 hours 【6】. In contrast, children spent only 9 hours with their single mothers.

All work and no play could make for some very messed-up kids. “Play is a(n) 【7】 way a child explores the world and learns about himself,” says T. Berry Brazelton, professor at Harvard Medical School. Unstructured play encourages independent thinking and allows the young to negotiate their relationships with their peers, but kids ages 3 to 12 spent only 12 hours a week 【8】 in it.

The children 【9】 spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing “free time” watching television. But that, believe it or not, was one of the findings parents might 【10】 as good news. If they’re spending less time in front of the TV set, however, kids aren’t replacing it with reading. Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books, the children spent just over an hour a week reading. Let’s face it, who’s got the time?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】K

【2】C

【3】F

【4】A

【5】H

【6】J

【7】G

【8】E

【9】B

【10】I

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，介绍了一项关于孩子的休闲时间的调查——造成孩子休闲时间减少的原因以及孩子的休闲活动的方式。

【1】考查非谓语动词。句意：他们还做更多的家务活，参加更多的像足球和芭蕾舞这样组织的活动。此处作定语修饰名词activities，根据“soccer and ballet”可知此处表示“组织的”，activities与organize之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，表示被动，用过去分词作定语，故填K。

【2】考查动词。句意：然而，总的来说，儿童的休闲时间从1981年的40%下降到25%。此处缺少动词作谓语，根据空后的百分比可知此处表示“下降”，故填C。

【3】考查动词。句意：“孩子们同时受到影响他们父母的时间危机的影响，”桑德拉·霍弗思说，她是最近一项关于孩子时间表的研究的负责人。此处缺少动词作谓语，根据句意可知此处表示“领导、主管”，故填F。

【4】考查形容词。句意：她说，一个主要原因是越来越多的母亲在外工作。修饰名词reason用形容词，根据“more mothers are working outside the home”可知，越来越多的母亲在外工作，是主要原因。故此处表示“主要的”，故填A。

【5】考查形容词。句意：尽管如此，在双职工家庭和靠男人养家糊口的家庭中，孩子们与父母交流的时间相当，相对而言，是19小时和22小时。修饰名词amounts用形容词，根据空后提到的19小时和22小时可知此处表示“相当的”，故填H。

【6】考查副词。句意同上，修饰动词或句子用副词，根据空前提到的两个时间可知此处表示“相对而言”，故填J。

【7】考查形容词。句意：游戏是孩子探索世界和了解自己的一种强有力的方式。修饰名词way用形容词，根据常识可以判断出，游戏是孩子探索世界和了解自己的一种强有力的方式。所以此处填“强有力的”，故填G。

【8】考查非谓语动词。句意：无组织的游戏鼓励独立思考，并允许年轻人与同龄人协商他们的关系，但3至12岁的孩子每周只花12个小时参与其中。be engaged in表示“参与”，此处去掉be作后置定语，故填E。

【9】考查非谓语动词。句意：被抽样的孩子花了四分之一的时间看电视。根据句意可知此处表示“抽样调查的”，children与sample之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，表示被动，用过去分词作后置定语，故填B。

【10】考查动词。句意：但不管你信不信，这可能是家长们认为的好消息之一。情态动词might后用动词原形作谓语，regard… as表示“将……视为”符合句意，故填I。